John Boys (17 January 1900 – 26 December 1972) was a British Anglican bishop who served as the fourth Bishop of Kimberley and Kuruman from 1951 until 1960. He was educated at St Olave's Grammar School and Hatfield College, Durham and, after a business career,

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in 1935. His first post was as a

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after which he was appointed the Bishop of Gibraltar’s personal

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. From there he went to

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(where he continued his career as a

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). He later became

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of Lebombo, and in 1948

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to Kimberley and Kuruman in 1951 he served the Diocese with distinction until ill health forced him to resign nine years later. In retirement he lived in

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; he was Director of the South African Church Institute of London (1961–1969) and as the Archbishop of Cape Town's episcopal commissary until his own death. Additionally, he also served as a Canon of St Albans Cathedral and an Assistant Bishop of St Albans (1961–1968) and then as an Assistant Bishop of Southwark from 1968 until death.

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1900 births People educated at St Olave's Grammar School Alumni of Hatfield College, Durham Anglican archdeacons in Africa Anglican bishops of Lebombo Anglican bishops of Kimberley and Kuruman 1972 deaths 20th-century Anglican Church of Southern Africa bishops {{Anglican-bishop-stub